Female wrestler dominating competition

HAVERHILL (FOX25, myfoxboston) - Shannon Constantine isn't just a good female wrestler. She's a good wrestler, period.

The Senior at Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School was looking for something to do to stay in shape, back in the winter of 2006.  She decided to take up wrestling.

The first year was tough.  Constantine won just two matches and struggled to fit in with her teammates.

As the years moved on, Shannon progressed both on and off the mat.  Along with making more friends on the team, she also started to rack up the wins.  She logged a 12-19 record her Sophomore year, then cracked the 20 win plateau as a Junior, going 21-12.

This year, all of Shannon's hard work came to fruition.  She became jus the 2nd female wrestler to ever be ranked in Massachusetts.  With the success has come some frustration.  Some schools have chosen to forfeit their matches against Shannon for embarassing their male wrestlers.  It's happened 5 times this season, and it's something Shannon believes is not fair.

Shannon Constantine finished this year with a 21-3 record.  Hear from her in the video to the left.